ID: 700008854 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008854	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Archtop Guitar (guitar; James D'Aquisto (American, New York 1935–1995 Corona, Califo...; stub record; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2012.246; )

Note: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted. During the final years of his life the famed James D'Aquisto created a remarkable series of guitars that were a radical departure from traditional design. The twenty-four instruments represent the full maturity of his skill as a maker and his concept of eschewing metal and plastic hardware in favor of all natural materials. D'Aquisto also broke with traditional guitar architecture, which had been based largely on Art Deco motifs popularized in the 1930s, by using new shapes for sound holes, a sleeker overall outline, asymmetrical lines, and an expanded palette of finish colors. This magnificent example has a stunning natural to honey sunburst finish and, unusual for D'Aquisto in those years, decorative inlaid maple strips on the macassar ebony hardware pieces. The headstock has a heart-shaped cutout, a motif that occurs on only one other D'Aquisto instrument. The guitar is a Centura Deluxe model with the serial number 1249 and was signed by D'Aquisto on November 23, 1993. It was purchased by D'Aquisto's good friend, the rock and roll musician Steve Miller, who donated it to the museum to be "played and enjoyed."

Titles:

Archtop Guitar (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

guitar [300042025] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, chordophones, lutelike chordophones, lutelike chordophones: plucked, <lutelike chordophones with long neck: plucked>)

Classifications:

music / musical instruments (preferred)

Creation Date: stub record

Creator Display:

James D'Aquisto (American, New York 1935–1995 Corona, California) [preferred,VP]

maker D'Aquisto, James (American guitar maker, 1935-1995) [500372586]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2012.246

Credit Line: Gift of Steve Miller, 2012

Other: Creation: Greenport [2069482] Suffolk county (county), New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: spruce, maple, ebony

	maple (wood) [300012236]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	ebony (wood) [300012055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	spruce (wood) [300012726]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood)

Dimensions: W. 17 in.

General Subject:

musical (preferred)

utilitarian objects (isness)

Creation Number: model: Centura Deluxe; serial number: 1249

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Centura Deluxe Model Archtop Guitar

Sources and Contributors:
Archtop Guitar	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 9 June 2016